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Centennial Farm Name Plates sent to Farmers (“Our local Auction Mart is giving free Centennial Farm Name Plates to farmers.”)

Special Centennial Mass (“One of our local priests is writing a special Centennial mass.”)

Centennial Bell Project – to raise money for children (“We have a Centennial bell that is raising money for our children. It is an old Indian Mission Bell and acknowledges the past. This project has had several ramifications, such as the sale of small bells, and has led to the ideal of obtaining pledges from different parts of the world asking for the ringing of bells on January 1st, 1967, for Canada.”)

Centennial play money for retarded children in N.E.A.

Sketching Competition for Indian students (Oscar Whiskeyjack won a trip to Paris for his art)

Centennial Petition to achieve franchise at 18 years of age

Centennial Toques

Centennial Schoolhouse preservation (County)

Pioneer Acknowledgement by way of photos and publication

Cowhide Scrolls – Margo Lagassé (“Since September 1st, 1964, we have used cowhide scrolls on no less than 20 occasions. These scrolls represent an ingenious way of adding to our Centennial memories.”)

Centennial Clubroom upstairs in the Rec Centre, St. Paul Elks (“Our local Elks have spent over $3,000.00 in completing the upstairs of the Recreation Building as their Centennial project. The recent visit of the Conference to the National Centennial Commission proved the value of this reception room. This room is open to all organizations in town.”)

Canadianism – illustrations by Journal and St. Paul Co-op

Trailer signs

Centennial Emblems – beadwork (“Our young Indian Girl Guides in Saddle Lake, Alberta, decided they could best help this area and themselves by working on Centennial emblem beadwork crests and ties. A separate fund is being set aside to finance a trip for these young Canadians in 1967. Purchase can be made by writing to J. L. Lagassé, Centennial Chairman, St. Paul, Alberta.”)

Centennial Film Club Association – with N.F.B.

Samuel de Champlain Awareness Project

Centennial Gate (“A personal project, this gate was autographed by John Fisher when he visited St. Paul in the spring of 1966.”)

Animal Ear Tags with ‘Canada 1967’ logo (“One of our local druggists is giving out cattle ear-tags to registered male cattle born in 1967. These are inscribed ‘Canada, 1967’ and will go on stock which will end up in various parts of Canada and the USA.”)

Centennial Symbol to Recreation Building (“One of our Chamber members, Paul Drolet, at his own cost, put up the Centennial symbol outside our Recreation Building.”)

St. Paul’s Gift to Canada – 265 toques and 265 bells

Provincial Floral Emblem Garden (“A local farm housewife, Mrs. John Kossowan, now has six floral emblems in her garden and is trying to obtain the rest between now and the end of this year.”)

Best Province Contest

Centennial Bubblegum

St. Albert – St. Paul Challenge (“A friendly challenge by St. Albert has let to mutual visits by a great number of residents of each town.”)

Bilingual Play

Centennial School Report Cards

Collection of Dated Costumes (“One of our local ladies’ wear stores is collecting old costumes and will have a complete collection of no less than one costume per decade in 1967. Anyone having dated costumes, please contact Aline O’Driscoll, St. Paul, Alberta.”)

Centennial Bank Account – Credit Union

Centennial Banquet – Fish and Wildlife Association

Alberta Tartan (“Several means and ways of advertising our lovely Alberta tartan have been devised, on the basis that Canada’s Centennial Period is a time for knowing more about Alberta.”)

Petit-Point Collection

Acknowledgement Plaques for Companies

Student Exchange to Quebec

Centennial Calendar

Centennial Song “Composed by a local rancher’s wife, the St. Paul Centenial Song has met wide acceptance and is being finalized for publication.”)

Construction of Entrance to Rec Centre Grounds

Collection of Studio Portraits of Well-Known Canadians

Operation Gap

St. Paul Centennial Investment Club

Arts and Crafts Festival (“St. Paul Arts and Crafts festival sponsored by the St. Paul Arts and Crafts Club.”)

Old Picture Collection – Peter Vaitkunas (“A collection of old photographs – one of our local photographers, Peter Vaitkunas, is collecting old pictures to assure that yesterday’s memories are not forgotten.”)

Old Farm Machinery (“Nick Wanchuk of St. Paul is collecting old farm machinery and he now has over 16 unique pieces in his collection.”)

Centennial Poem Competition (“The poem you see on Poster No. 45 was composed by a grade 7 student. Sponsored by the local Literary Club, this project has brought home to some of our local students how fortunate we are to be Canadians.”)

Teenage Boys – visit RCMP Training Centre (“With the full cooperation of the RCMP, we intend sending several of our young teenaged boys to visit the RCMP training college in Regina in 1967.”)

Centennial Fund for 4H Club (“Our local Junior Chamber of Commerce has set aside a Centennial Fund for 4-H Club encouragement in 1967.”)

Operation Rosebush (“To help advertise Alberta, this project has, in several ways, made known our floral emblem, the wild rose.”)

Co-op Annual Scholarship

Scrapbook and Essay Contest

Ukrainian Folk Dancing (“Organized only recently, these young girls and boys will contribute greatly to 1967 celebrations.”)

Centennial House Project

Veteran Acknowledgement

New Hope School Project

Art Club’s Historical Oil Painting Project

Centennial Sun-Tan Project (“Properly launched with the kind cooperation of Mr. Justice Alfred Monnin, this very simple idea should be adopted by all Canadians to advertise Canada’s Centennial.

Car Decal Transfers Project

Centennial Kerchiefs for Scouts Project

Donation of a Hereford Heifer – by Belzil

One Flag Per Family – Knights of Columbus Project

Construction of Ski Hill

Centennial Gift of Centennial Flags

Plastic Centennial Emblem Lapel Buttons

Personalized Jacket Pocket Letter Carrier Project

Centennial Landing Pad Project

Landing Pad Float

Flying Saucer Tokens

Beer Bottle Drive

Clay Oven

Wishing Well

Names of Streets

Canoe Pageant

Ten Commandments of a Canadian

Notre Dame Boys’ Choir

Peter Pan Ballet

Picture-a-Month to the Nursing Home project

First Home for Retarded Children

Freda’s Centennial Steaks

Picture of each Legislature Building

Centennial Library

Martian Hairdos

Centennial Coffee Tables

Centennial Ukrainian Easter Eggs

700 Students forming Centennial Emblem

Community Curling Rink

Pacemaker Heart Machine

Water from All Provinces Mixed to be blessed

Centennial Baby

Sister Jeanne Portugal

Les Amis de la Chanson

St. Paul Peewees, Western Canadian Champs

Flower March

Blue Quills Student Exchange to Ontario

Settlement Project

Centennial Piano Project

Auction of Martian Property

Twinning with L’Assomption, Quebec

Paul Pomerleau Project

Auction of Moon Property

Centennial Time Capsule

St. Paul started on the road to 1967, Canada’s historic 100th birthday, three years early. In 1964, the first official centennial project in Canada was completed here – the $200,000 recreation centre, which would really get the centennial ball rolling. Lead by the local Chamber of Commerce and with the entire community pitching in, project after project was developed, eventually reaching one hundred of them. As stated by then Mayor Jules Van Brabant, “Centennial fever has this town on fire.” Notable projects were the construction of the world’s first UFO landing pad, and the sending of students to Charlottetown as Confederation messengers. Others, such as the humble centennial tuque and bell, would gather momentum and garner recognition nationally and beyond. St. Paul became known as the “Star of Canada” after being called so by “Mr. Canada”, John Fisher, Ottawa’s Centennial Commissioner. “This distinction arises from the fact that we have proven ourselves to be a community which has phenomenal co-operation, unity of spirit and ingenuity”: Nov. 18, 1966 St. Paul Centennial Progress Report.